HeyJaredAbby Sham
I’m Abby, a spiritual director and doctoral student exploring how faith is formed over time. This Substack is a shared listening space for unhurried reflections, contemplative practice, and letters shaped by the seasons and cycles of life.
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Sunday Scaries (opens the original)
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Last Sunday was rough. I felt like my kids had gone temporarily feral. There was fighting, yelling, and absurd threats. I was confused and overwhelmed, so at bedtime I asked my five-year-old if he had any idea what was going on underneath all the big feelings from the day. He took a deep breath and said, “I might be nervous about going back to kindergarten tomorrow. I miss my home.” And with that, all my confusion and frustration melted into compassion. My professor, , defines compassion as “bei
What Poetry Knows that Advice Does Not (opens the original)
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A Guided Examen for the Beginning of Fall (opens the original)
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Here in the PNW, the signs of fall typically come early, but today marks the season’s official beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. To welcome this turning, I’ve adapted my Seasonal Examen as a gentle and intentional way to enter the season ahead. This guided examen offers space to breathe, look back on the season you are leaving, and move into the fall supported by this past season and attending to whatever newness is emerging. You do not need to answer every p
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